By r.f. Culbertson, Carnegie Mellon University          

Our Thoughts:
I lost my job. No, I didn't really lose my job.  I know where my job is.  It's just, when I go there, there's this new guy doing it … Bobcat Goldthwait

An interview with Brian Shin, Vice President of the Graduate Finance Association at the University of Texas.

1. What are the goals of the GFA and can you tell me how the organization got started?

Goals of the GFA are divided primarily into two functions, academics and careers.  In academics, we supplement the McCombs Finance curriculum by providing continuing education preparation.  For careers, we provide preview for each areas of finance (I-banking, private equity, corporate finance, etc), run training sessions, organize interview preps, and provide numerous networking opportunities to our members.

This past week the Federal Reserve became the central focus of financial markets not only across the United States, but the entire world. Traders found themselves trying to deal with a multitude of new information from the Fed, including continued balance sheet expansion, Federal Open Market Committee minutes, and a change in the Discount Window official lending rate.

Our Thoughts:
A girl phoned me the other day and said: “Come on over, there's nobody home.” I went over – and there was Nobody home. … Rodney Dangerfield

Conspiracy Theory:  It didn't take long to realize that the true ‘global warming’ agenda – and that was to tax people and have more control over lives.  He who rules the energy, rules the people.  Now that the entire scam has been exposed, from the leaked emails where the scientists hid data and "made up" theories, to scientists saying we haven't warmed at all since 1995 and are probably cooling, to high profile global warming advocates quitting in disgrace.